Jul 5 2012
1:32 am
At the ceremony for the driving of the “Last Spike” at Promontory Summit, Utah, 10 May 1869.

At the ceremony for the driving of the “Last Spike” at Promontory Summit, Utah, 10 May 1869.

Posted 11 months ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #history #promontory summit #utah #USA #train #trains
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Jun 23 2012
2:10 am
Andrew J. Russell, The ceremony  for the driving of the  “Last Spike” at Promontory Summit, Utah, 10 May 1869.  Source: National Archives and Records Administration

Andrew J. Russell, The ceremony  for the driving of the  “Last Spike” at Promontory Summit, Utah, 10 May 1869. 

Source: National Archives and Records Administration

Posted 12 months ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #history #andrew russell #iconic #union pacific railroad #trains #irish-american #chinese-american
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Jun 20 2012
6:55 am
A man driving a train, ca. 1920.

A man driving a train, ca. 1920.

Posted 12 months ago
#1920s #vintage #history #trains #train
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Jun 19 2012
1:49 pm
John Carbutt, Boston & Maine No. 47 “Achilles” 0-4-0, located outside of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1871.

John Carbutt, Boston & Maine No. 47 “Achilles” 0-4-0, located outside of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1871.

Posted 1 year ago
#1870s #19th century #victorian #john carbutt #trains #train #vintage #history #philadelphia #pennsylvania #USA
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Jun 17 2012
8:00 pm
Haslem’s Creek Cemetery station (Cemetery Station No. 1), Sydney, Australia, ca. 1865.

Haslem’s Creek Cemetery station (Cemetery Station No. 1), Sydney, Australia, ca. 1865.

Posted 1 year ago
#1860s #19th century #victorian #sydney #australia #train station #cemetery #trains
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Jun 17 2012
4:32 am
Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train, 1865.

Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train, 1865.

Posted 1 year ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #abraham lincoln #president lincoln #trains #train #funeral
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Jun 16 2012
10:00 am
Emman Zamora, Burlington “Zephyr” passenger train approaching station and waiting passengers, East Dubuque, Illinois, April 1940. Source: Library of Congress

Emman Zamora, Burlington “Zephyr” passenger train approaching station and waiting passengers, East Dubuque, Illinois, April 1940.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #emman zamora #vintage #train station #trains #east dubuque #illinois #USA
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Jun 14 2012
9:37 pm
Dining car Queen on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Royal Blue train, in 1895.

Dining car Queen on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Royal Blue train, in 1895.

Posted 1 year ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #dining car #trains #train
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Jun 14 2012
7:21 pm
Locomotive emerging from a station on the Eastern line, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. 1910. Source: Library of Congress

Locomotive emerging from a station on the Eastern line, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. 1910.
Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 year ago
#1910s #salem #massachusetts #new england #USA #vintage #history #trains #train station #locomotive
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Jun 11 2012
11:34 am
A Pullman porter helping a woman onto a train, Chicago, Illinois, 1880s.

A Pullman porter helping a woman onto a train, Chicago, Illinois, 1880s.

Posted 1 year ago
#1880s #19th century #victorians #victorian #chicago #illinois #USA #pullman car #train station #trains #luggage #porter #african-american #pullman porter
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